Old Forge, NY

We just found out that we don't have a ride home, since our cat is ill and my mom (who was going to pick us up) has to attend to him.  We are currently in the shelter of a Best Western using Elaine's (a hotel worker) laptop to arrange our ride home.  The last five days have been slow going since we have been dodging rain.  Luckily it looks as if the rains may let up soon (tomorrow).  

We forgot to mention that in Port Glasgow, Darlene and Mary Kay graciously gave us some of their beer.  One was a country singer, and unfortunately we were unable to make her concert before it started raining.  

In Fairhaven we stopped at the "cookie ladies" house and bought some cookies afterwards we were sitting at the side of the road and Brandon, a fellow cyclist, offered to put us up for the night and feed us.  We had a great time talking bikes with Brandon while eating the meal prepared by his wife Jana.  

The following night we stayed next to the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame at Cedar Pines campground.  In upstate New York restaurants are closed at random times.  We were in Fairhaven on monday where their restaurants are closed on mondays, and on tuesday every restaurant we saw was closed on tuesday.  Luckily, Joe (the owner of Cedar Pines) opened the restaurant just for us.  Joe and Kim prepared us dinner and then started giving us all of the leftovers in their fridge.  We had a good time talking with Joe about his business and how strange and illogical people can be. 

Yesterday we avoided the storms, but today we will probably not be able to avoid them.  We may have to hunker down , or just deal with epic rainstorms.  

We have solved our problem of how to get  home.  We should be getting a rental car home and buying a bike rack to carry our bikes with us.  

Wildlife Report

Salamanders

--Patrick Henneghan